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Are on the table we mean it. since syria used chemical weapons, we would be in a dire situation in terms of national security. what with need to know is what are the objectives in this limited, targeted strike. >> shepard: it's to send a message and degrade. >> and to degrade and i asked secretary kerry, what does degradatn look like? they have to provide the united states congress and the american people with these answers. and they have to do it before the vote. the vote will be next week, sooner rather than later. >> shepard: we're talking to sources over there already who tell us so many m...

Floor. >> shepard: you expressed concerns yesterday. can you tell our viewers what they were and are and whether any have been alleviated. >> they have been alleviated somewhat. i wanted to make sure that the little problem that secretary kerry created about the boots on the ground, oh, perhaps if syria implodes, that's the one thing americans don't want is boots on the ground, another military direct involvement by the u.s. forces, the best fighting men and women on the planet. they're not for that. they may not really be very much for this limited targeted strike but for sure no boots on the...

Either, a, gas his people again, b, suggest to hezbollah they gas israel and begin a full-blown thing, or, c, president assad won't escalate this in other ways? >> the thing that there's been no answer given to is that since they -- since they have given assad so much warning, you have these artillery scuds on the move. they've been hidden in civilian areas. so assad will basically be able to use chemical weapons a day after the tomahawk strikes occur and there's nothing stopping him from sharing them with hezbollah. >> if he shares them, hezbollah could use them in israel. >> reporter: they c...

Foreign affairs committee. >> shepard: what are they really doing? they don't need authorization from the congress, the president said he does not. who are they trying to convince with today's headline of no boots on the ground? which polls are they trying to change. stand by.

All these countries that are with us, are they going to pay for it? are they participating? he says the arab league could in essence pay for the whole operation. >> shepard: the arab league has emphatically said no. the ones who are affected by this, saudis and jordanians, where are they? >> secretary kerry was specific in saying that the arab league has the money and that they have the disposition to pay for it. >> shepard: the arab league said not only are they not going along with it, they came occupy formally saying they're against it. the british are against it. there's not a nation on th...